Theresa Züger is the project lead of the media policy lab, a project by the media authority Berlin-Brandenburg. She also works as curator and moderator, e.g. for the international festival transmediale in 2016, and is an associated researcher of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. She was trained at the University of Cologne in media studies, philosophy and German language and literature and holds a PhD from the Humboldt University of Berlin in media studies. Her PhD focusses on digital forms of civil disobedience, such as the Snowden leaks or other acts of whistleblowing and she is a board member of the Whistleblower Network Germany.